Hate Sells category archive
The Trojan Horse 0
LZ Granderson looks behind the curtain and concludes that
. . . the legislative attacks on drag are nothing but a Trojan horse.
Conservatives speak of protecting children, but laws aimed at drag are really about weaponizing homophobia and transphobia to score political points.
Go read the article for his reasoning.
Strollin’ in the Park One Day,
Spreading Hate Along the Way
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Our domestic terrorists strike again. Here’s the lede from the report:
Misdirection Play 0
Michael in Norfolk looks inside the Trojan Horse of “parents’ rights.” Here’s a bit of his piece:
Mean for the Sake of Mean 0
Sam and his crew call out the cruelty.
Merchants of Hate 0
Thom points out that culture war hate is becoming one of our major exports.
Misdirection Play, Child Prey Dept. 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal parses the perfidy. Here’s a tiny bit from her article:
(snip)
The Christofascists will not stop at banning health care for transgender children. They are coming for adult care – they’ve said so.
A Viral Infection 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock reveals that, to his horror, he just might be infected with the “woke mind virus.” Here’s one symptom:
As proof, she reminded me that I have expressed concern over the proposed relaxing of child labor laws. Surely that is a “wokeness” symptom when I know that conservatives support such a move. Deceased conservative billionaire David Koch even once pledged to “abolish” child labor laws altogether.
More symptoms at the link.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Florida Man’s actions have consequences.
Thought Police 0
The Fredericksburg, Va., Free Lance-Star reports on efforts to censor books in the Spotsylvania County public schools. You can follow the link for the story, but this sentence leapt out at me (emphasis added):
The county continues to field book challenges, most of them initiated by one parent.
Welcome to the unfree marketplace of ideas.
American Taliban 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Portland Press-Herald sees a parallel.
Sound Familiar? 0
Thom offers a definition of fascism from the U. S. Department of War during World War II. A snippet;
Fascism is government of the few, for the few.